Skirt display form



Sept. 16, 1941.

M. COHEN SKIRT DISPLAY FORM Filed Dec. 17, 1940 llnnlinlllnllinfllinl vIIIIIIiIIiIII Patented Sept. 16, 1941 UNITED STATES PAT FFECE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to a skirt display form.

An important object of the invention is to provide a skirt display formwhich is adapted to be mounted upon a bracket or stand and willsubstantially cover the bracket or stand from view.

A further object of the invention is to provide a skirt display formwhich is extremely simple and so constructed that the skirt may beplaced thereon and secured thereto by means of pins or the like whichwill not be visible from the front of the display form.

A further object of the invention is to provide a display form having abody portion so constructed that the skirt may be pinned to the same ina convenient manner and the points of the pins may be covered foreliminating injury to the customers or the like.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description.

A still further object resides in the provision of a skirt display formthat may be used to display childrens as well as ladies and missesskirts, by varying the size of the form.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a skirt display form embodying myinvention, having the skirt applied thereto,

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the same,

Figure 3 is an enlarged detailed section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a rear elevation of the display form removed from the stand,

Figure 5 is a front elevation of the display form removed, parts brokenaway, and,

Figure 6 is an enlarged vertical section taken on line 6'5 of Figure 2.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral Ill designates a skirtdisplay form, which preferably tapers upwardly, and has its lower end II rounded. The upper end of the form I is preferably slightly concave,as shown at I2. The form I 0 is flat, stiff, and light, and is formed ofcorrugated cardboard, thereby including outer layers or plates I3, whichare spaced and flat, with an inner horizontally corrugated layer I 5,secured to the layers I3 by glue or the like. The spacing of the layersI 4 provides a passage or chamber I between the layers. The marginaledges of the layers I3 extend beyond the corrugated inner layer I4 andare brought together in contacting relation, and are secured togetheralong a line I5, by stitching, by brads, glue or the like. The marginaledges are also covered by a tape or strip I6, se-

cured to the same by a line of stitching IT, or by staples, glue, or thelike.

The numeral I8 designates hooks, arranged upon the rear side of the formI0 and secured to the same by eyelets or rivets I9, passing through theform, as shown. These hooks are disposed at an elevation below the upperend of the form I0, as shown.

The numeral 20 designates a stand, including a base or foot ZI, atubular body portion 22 and a vertical rod 23, slidable within thetubular body portion 22 and clamped to the tubular body portion by a setscrew 24, in the selected adjusted position. At. its upper end, thevertical rod 23 carries a horizontal rod 25, shorter than the width ofthe upper end of the form I 0 and this rod receives the hooks I'8thereon.

In the use of the device, the display form I0 is arranged at the frontof the stand, and its hooks I8 are mounted upon the horizontal rod 25.The skirt, doubled upon itself, is draped over the front face of theform I0 and extended over the rear face of the same and the rear edgesof the skirt are attached to the form ID by pins 26. These pins, Figure3, are inserted through the skirt and the rear layer I3 of the form andenter the space or chamber I5 and it is not intended that the pinsshould penetrate the front layer I 3 but their points should be confinedwithin the space I5. These pins 20 are inclined outwardly toward theirfree ends and being angularly disposed with their free ends restingagainst the inner face of the front layer while the pin passes throughthe rear layer, will afford a strong and stiff connection between theskirt and form without liability of the point of the pin passingexteriorly to the front of the form. Further, the stand terminates at apoint beneath the top of the form and the form covers practically all ofthe stand or it may be lowered to completely cover it, from a frontview. It is thus seen that I have provided a skirt display form which islight, extremely simple, and one which may have the skirt attachedthereto by means of pins Without liability of the pins injuring thecustomers or the like.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or thescope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, claim is:

A skirt display form comprising an elongated body portion to bevertically arranged in use and adapted to have the skirt applied to itsfront side, a stand to be arranged at the rear of the body what Iportion and terminating at its upper end at an elevation substantiallybeneath the top of the body portion, said stand including a vertical rodand a horizontal rod carried thereby, and a pair of hooks secured to thebody portion and disposed upon its rear side and at an elevationsubstantially beneath the top of the body portion, said hooks beingspaced so that they may be mounted upon the horizontal rod upon oppositesides of the vertical rod, to entirely conceal the horizontal rod asWell as the upper portion of the vertical rod of said-stand. MORRISCOHEN.

